Rugby aims to reach new heights in Bolivia
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Rugby aims to reach new heights in Bolivia
By Frankie Deges
The goal is to have a game of rugby played at 6,500 metres above sea level by March of next year.
This would not only be a unique sporting event and the highest any ball-sport has ever been played competitively – together with a football game played in 2001 – but also an opportunity for specific scientific research.
“The plan is to use this tournament as a way to investigate how the body reacts at this altitude,” explained Loïc Devaux, from the La Paz Rugby Club.
Planned for March 2015 at the Cerro Sajama, a flat volcano in western Bolivia, “it will also showcase rugby…
The goal is to have a game of rugby played at 6,500 metres above sea level by March of next year.
This would not only be a unique sporting event and the highest any ball-sport has ever been played competitively – together with a football game played in 2001 – but also an opportunity for specific scientific research.
“The plan is to use this tournament as a way to investigate how the body reacts at this altitude,” explained Loïc Devaux, from the La Paz Rugby Club.
Planned for March 2015 at the Cerro Sajama, a flat volcano in western Bolivia, “it will also showcase rugby…
